Dataset Information

SeeQTL: a searchable database for human eQTLs.

ABSTRACT:

Summary

seeQTL is a comprehensive and versatile eQTL database, including various eQTL studies and a meta-analysis of HapMap eQTL information. The database presents eQTL association results in a convenient browser, using both segmented local-association plots and genome-wide Manhattan plots.

Availability and implementation

seeQTL is freely available for non-commercial use at http://www.bios.unc.edu/research/genomic_software/seeQTL/.

Contact

fred_wright@unc.edu; kxia@bios.unc.edu

Supplementary information

Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.

SUBMITTER: Xia K

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3268245 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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seeQTL: a searchable database for human eQTLs.

Xia Kai K Shabalin Andrey A AA Huang Shunping S Madar Vered V Zhou Yi-Hui YH Wang Wei W Zou Fei F Sun Wei W Sullivan Patrick F PF Wright Fred A FA

Bioinformatics (Oxford, England) 20111213 3

<h4>Summary</h4>seeQTL is a comprehensive and versatile eQTL database, including various eQTL studies and a meta-analysis of HapMap eQTL information. The database presents eQTL association results in a convenient browser, using both segmented local-association plots and genome-wide Manhattan plots.<h4>Availability and implementation</h4>seeQTL is freely available for non-commercial use at http://www.bios.unc.edu/research/genomic_software/seeQTL/.<h4>Contact</h4>fred_wright@unc.edu; kxia@bios.unc ...[more]

PMID: 22171328

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